{"id":303056,"date":"2019-02-22T08:44:23","date_gmt":"2019-02-22T16:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=303056"},"modified":"2019-02-22T08:44:25","modified_gmt":"2019-02-22T16:44:25","slug":"ufc-phoenix-salaries-cain-velasquez-made-bank-for-ngannou-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-phoenix-salaries-cain-velasquez-made-bank-for-ngannou-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Phoenix salaries: Cain Velasquez made bank for Ngannou loss"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Last Sunday night at UFC Phoenix, former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez returned to the cage after nearly three years away, where he battled fearsome heavyweight knockout artist Francis Ngannou.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While this fight went rather disastrously for Velasquez \u2014 he was stopped in less than thirty seconds and\u00a0<\/em>injured his knee \u2014 he was at least well compensated for his efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MMA Fighting<\/a> was able to acquire a full list of the UFC Phoenix salaries from the The Arizona Department of Gaming, which shows that Cain Velasquez led the paydays for the card by a significant margin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The former champ pocketed a sizeable $450,000 for his loss to Ngannou, who in turn earned $220,000 ($110,000 to show and $110,000 to win). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other top earners included Paul Felder, who pocketed $92,000 total, Cynthia Calvillo, who made $88,000, and Nik Lentz, who earned 106,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are the full salaries for last Sunday’s UFC Phoenix card. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Main Card (ESPN)<\/strong>
Francis Ngannou ($110,000 + $110,000 = $220,000) def. Cain Velasquez ($450,000)
Paul Felder\u00a0($46,000 + $46,000 = $92,000) def.\u00a0James Vick\u00a0($65,000)
Cynthia Calvillo\u00a0($44,000 + $44,000 = $88,000) def.\u00a0Cortney Casey\u00a0($50,000)
Kron Gracie ($27,000 + $25,000 = $52,000) def. Alex Caceres ($55,000)
Vicente Luque ($41,000 + $41,000 = $82,000) def. Bryan Barberena ($35,000)
Andre Fili\u00a0($37,000 + $37,000 = $74,000) def.\u00a0Myles Jury\u00a0($36,000)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preliminary Card (ESPN)<\/strong>
Aljamain Sterling ($70,000 + $70,000 = $140,000) def.\u00a0Jimmie Rivera\u00a0($68,000)
Manny Bermudez\u00a0($14,000 + $14,000 = $28,000) def.\u00a0Benito Lopez\u00a0($12,000)
Andrea Lee\u00a0($14,000 + $14,000 = $28,000) def.\u00a0Ashlee Evans-Smith\u00a0($30,000)
Nik Lentz ($53,000 + $53,000 = $106,000) def.\u00a0Scott Holtzman\u00a0($33,000)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preliminary Card (ESPN+)<\/strong>
Luke Sanders ($19,000 + $19,000 = $38,000) def.\u00a0Renan Barao\u00a0($53,000)
Emily Whitmire\u00a0($12,000 + $12,000 = $24,000) def. Aleksandra Albu ($12,000)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What do you think of the salaries for UFC Phoenix? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This article first appeared on <\/em>BJPENN.COM<\/em><\/a> on 2\/22\/2019.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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